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  hey cd reviews - henryk gorecki - kronos quaret - string quartets 1, 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
the first part of gorecki’s first string quartet revolves around a burning mass of repeated chords accentuated on the occasional off beats by a solitary open fifth in a violin, sounding like a gasp of air.
gorecki, a polish composer, is a contemporary of ligeti and penderecki as well as reich and glass.
gorecki has been stuck somewhere in the middle, never receiving as much attention of any of the former composers.
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 James Wierzbicki / Henryk Gorecki
THE Polish composer Henryk Gorecki used to be a leader of the Eastern European avant-guard, but in the early 1960s he began a slide into obscurity from which he is just now emerging.
Gorecki and Penderecki entered the international scene via the same avenue, the Warsaw Autumn Festival that was established almost the moment Poland shook off the cultural restrictions imposed by the Stalinist regime.
Gorecki's new material was no longer cerebral and sparse; rather, it was intensely expressive, persistently rhythmic and often richly colored in the darkest of orchestral hues.
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 Henryk Górecki: Biography - classical music - The Classical Buffet - classical music for everyone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Henryk Górecki was born on December 15, 1933 in Poland.
He had his first premiere at the Warsaw Autumn Festival in 1958, and in 1976 wrote what is considered by many to be his masterpiece, Symphony # 3 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"), which was scored for soprano and orchestra (in Polish).
Due to the recent popularity of the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs", it is not as difficult to find online information on Górecki as many other 20th century composers.
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 CD Times - Henryk Gorecki
In 1976, Henryk Gorecki continued his move away from the avant-garde movement within which his first works were lost and having hinted at it in his earlier works, finally wrote the symphony that would act as a catharsis for his feelings as regards man's inhumanity to other men.
Unsurprisingly, Gorecki's third symphony is an oppressively dark work but it is one of the major symphonies of the last century as well as being the composer's key work.
Gorecki's third symphony is not, as might otherwise be expected, a single piece of music that builds on a series of motifs.
www.cdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=150   (625 words)

  
 Polish culture: HENRYK MIKOLAJ GORECKI
In 1965, Gorecki began to work at the Academy of Music in Katowice, in 1968 as a lecturer, and in 1972 as an assistant professor; he taught score-reading, orchestration and composition.
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki began his career as an extremely avantgarde composer.
Gorecki, with his simple yet fiery music, reached the hearts of them all, revealing the world of the most basic emotions of all.
www.culture.pl /en/culture/artykuly/os_gorecki_henryk_mikolaj   (954 words)

  
 Henryk Górecki
Henryk Górecki was born December 6, 1933, in Czernica, in the south-west part of Polland.
Gorecki's health is poor; he has had heart attacks and kidney trouble, even a brain tumor.
The city is notoriously polluted, and the outside of Gorecki's building is flened with a haze of soot.
www.expreso.co.cr /centaurs/posts/bio/gorecki.html   (3951 words)

  
 Gorecki - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs No.3 - A Good-Music-Guide Review
Gorecki's biggest source of inspiration, however, has always been his fervent Catholicism and his respect for his Polish cultural heritage, including folk and medieval texts.
Gorecki seems to have tapped in to a deep need of people in this most secular and uncertain times, a need for meaning, for spiritual comfort, for security.
Henryk Gorecki has moved on from his 1976 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, his style continuing to evolve.
www.good-music-guide.com /reviews/058_gorecki_sorrowful_songs.htm   (911 words)

  
 flairmedia - Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 'Sorrowful Songs'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
By: Henryk Gorecki, David Zinman, London Sinfonietta, Dawn Upshaw
This album, which catapulted Polish composer Henryk Gorecki to into the international spotlight, takes texts born in pain and turns them into statements of affirmation through the use of music that ebbs and flows in mystic minimalism.
The clear voice of soprano Dawn Upshaw, singing the Polish texts, is a large part of the success of this particular recording, but the music, contemporary without either dissonance or movie-music mawkishness, clarifies and uplifts the words.
www.flairmedia.net /store/item-B000005J1C.shtml   (360 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Music: Gorecki - Symphony No.3: Sorrowful Songs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This album, which catapulted Polish composer Henryk Górecki to into the international spotlight, takes texts born in pain and turns them into statements of affirmation through the use of music that ebbs and flows in mystic minimalism.
While one of the Amazon reviewers claims that none of Gorecki's other music resembles this, one should point out that his Miserere is just as moving, and just as slow moving, as the third symphony.
But listen to the simplicity and spiritual quality of the first movement, the two orchestral parts of mirror each other; and the radiance of the prayer that follows, and reflect again on the dark days of the 1940s when the forces of evil rampaged throughout Europe.
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 Discount Henryk Gorecki CDs on FindUsedCDs.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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 Toys Henryk Gorecki - Classical Music at Cybersurfari Toys Online Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
by: Henryk Gorecki, Kazimierz Kord, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Joanna Kozlowska
by: Henryk Gorecki, Roland Bader, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
by: Henryk Gorecki, Piotr Moss, Michal Spisak, Alexandre Tansman
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 Amazon.com: Henryk Górecki: Already It Is Dusk (String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62) (1988) / Quasi una Fantasia (String ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Kleines Requiem für Eine Polka (Little Requiem for a Polka), Op.
No fault of Kronos Quartet, I am sure: their playing is superb, and this is exactly the kind of thing they are good at, so if you are going to like this composition, you will probably love this performance.
In other words, in order for those approaching Gorecki's Quasi una Fantasia to thoroughly enjoy it (and comprehend it), they must cooperate - that is, suspend skepticism and let the music exercise its hypnotic suggestion on them.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005J26?v=glance   (1233 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Henryk Gorecki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Updated 265 days 8 hours 32 minutes ago.
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (born December 6, 1933) is a Polish composer of classical music.
Górecki was born in Czernica, in southern Poland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Henryk-Gorecki   (360 words)

  
 Henryk Gorecki: A Ransom Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
His Third Symphony appears at first to be similar in style to the works of Glass and Reich, but after reflection we find that while it is a meditative work, it is definitely not about nothing.
Through works like this one we may see life breathed back into the high culture, perhaps even the idea that high culture is worth pursuing again; that it has something worth saying.
The power and beauty of Henryk Górecki’s Symphony #3 must be appreciated by listening to the piece, rather than by simply reading about it.
www.ransomfellowship.org /Music_Gorecki.html   (1715 words)

  
 Górecki: Miserere - Henryk Gorecki , John Nelson , Lucy Ding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Henryk Gorecki is able to achieve so much power and transcendence with so very little that his music for unaccompanied chorus stands as a metaphor for we as the global community cold achieve if we believed in the motivation that soars through this selection of music.
Following the simplicity of this six-minute work is Goreckis first work composed for unaccompanied voices - the Psalms setting titled EUTES IBANT ET FLEBANT and is reminiscent of the mood of his now famous "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs".
And dating back to the year of MISERERE is his setting of My Vistula, Grey Vistula, a brief but compelling setting of the folk music of Poland.
www.nine-music.com /Gorecki_Miserere_B000005J2Z.html   (525 words)

  
 asx.cc :: Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
I definitely need to hear some other recordings with her.
Comment: This music crushed me. I bought the CD today and as a huge classical music listener I can tell you that no single piece has ever affected me more.
Be prepared in advance, because this work won't just move you, it'll push you, pull you, twist you in a knot, and tear your bloody heart out.
www.asx.cc /B000005J1C/Henryk_Gorecki_Symphony_3__Sorrowful_Songs_.html   (527 words)

  
 Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs" - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Kleines Requiem für Eine Polka (Little...
by Henryk Gorecki, Markus Stenz, David Zinman, Melinda Maxwell, Levine Andrade, Joan Atherton, Sebastian Bell, John Constable, Andrew Crowley, Anthony Halstead
Henryk Górecki: Already It Is Dusk (String Quartet No. 1, Op.
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 Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs" from $12.30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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 Buy Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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This music crushed me. I bought the CD today and as a huge classical music listener I can tell you that no single piece has ever affected me more.
While Gorecki's 3rd Symphany is easily the winner on the Saddest Music in the World contest, its ultimately uplifting and hopeful tone rescues it from being merely a depression fest.
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 Amazon.com: Górecki: Miserere: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
64) (1990-91) - Kronos Quartet ~ Henryk Gorecki (Composer), Kronos Quartet (Orchestra)
Although these works are not without their problems- "Miserere" is half an hour long, and "Amen" and "Euntes ibant" both feature harmonies that are (to say the least) harrowing on the ear and on the mind- they are a fine selection indeed.
However, if I were Gorecki I would be ready to throttle the producers: the recording is cluttered with background noise such as a door slamming, a heavy vehicle passing (to say nothing about the constant 'dripping' sound that comes through the music particularly early on).
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 Discount Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No.3 Opus 36, Henryk Gorecki CD CD - FindUsedCDs.com - Compare Music CD Prices.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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Amazon Review - Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No.3 Opus 36, Henryk Gorecki CD This album, which catapulted Polish composer Henryk Gorecki to into the international spotlight, takes texts born in pain and turns them into statements of affirmation through the use of music that ebbs and flows in mystic minimalism.
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 LookSmart - Directory - Henryk Gorecki Articles and Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Henryk Gorecki Articles and Reviews - Learn about the origins of Henryk Gorecki's music, and read reviews and news about the Polish composer.
Read about the effective placement of Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 during the flashback scenes of Weir's movie, "Fearless." His music is "haunting."
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 Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki Noter Musiknoter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Kleines Requiem fuer eine Polka By Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki.
Quasi una Fantasia (String Quartet No. 2) By Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki.
Already It Is Dusk (String Quartet No. 1) By Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki.
www.musiknoter.com /gorecki.htm   (147 words)

  
 Released: 1985-1995 - Dumisani Maraire , Astor Piazzolla , Ben Johnston , Steve Reich , Henryk Gorecki , Terry Riley , ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Released: 1985-1995 - Dumisani Maraire, Astor Piazzolla, Ben Johnston, Steve Reich, Henryk Gorecki, Terry Riley, George Crumb, Arvo Part, King of Navarre Thibault IV, Tigran Tahmizyan
Most of the other tracks are nothing less than stellar: Johnston, Gorecki, Riley, Crumb, Part, Tahmizyan, and Barber.
The second disc ("Unreleased") is where my more serious dissatisfaction lies, and hence only 4 stars.
www.nine-music.com /Released_19851995_B000005J3V.html   (507 words)

  
 Gorecki, Henryk --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Among the soul, pop, rock, and rap recordings on the British best-selling album charts in February 1993, the number six hit was a most surprising selection: Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs by Polish composer Henryk Gorecki, played by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by David Zinman, with soprano Dawn Upshaw.
"Gorecki, Henryk." Britannica Book of the Year, 1994.
"Gorecki, Henryk." Britannica Book of the Year, 1994 from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9115015?tocId=9115015   (80 words)

  
 When Mateo stretches, this program soars - The Boston Globe
Jose Mateo's recent trip to Poland has inspired one of the most powerful and heartfelt works in the Cuban-born choreographer's repertoire.
''Presage," given its world premiere Thursday night in the season opener of Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre, is set to music by one of Poland's most original composers, Henryk Gorecki.
While Mateo calls his new ballet a ''humble expression" of his experience with the culture and history of Poland, this abstract work feeds off the gravity and sorrow of Gorecki's luminous score (the first movement of his Symphony No. 3), drawing from Mateo choreography of both sumptuous romantic sweep and searing, intense focus.
www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/10/22/when_mateo_stretches_this_program_soars   (575 words)

  
 Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki was born on 6 December 1933 in Czernica, Silesia.
His Symphony No. 2, Kopernikowska, uses a solo baritone and chorus, combining texts from the Psalms and from Copernicus into a remarkable creation.
GORECKI: Symphony No. 3 / Three Olden Style Pieces
www.naxos.com /mainsite?pn=Composers&char=G&ComposerID=419   (415 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Music: Henryk Gorecki String Quartets No.1 & 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Amazon.co.uk: Music: Henryk Gorecki String Quartets No.1 and 2
Gorecki - Symphony No. 2; Beatus Vir; Audio CD ~ Kilanowicz/Dobber/Polish Radio Choir/Silesian Philharmonic Choir (Composer), et al
Having encountered the ubiquitous 3rd symphony, this was my next Gorecki purchase.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005J26   (429 words)

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